regurgitatedcoprolite

Window-gate? Glass-gate?

Actually, I hate adding “gate” to every crisis — Watergate was not two separate words...obviously...so it should have been called Watergate-gate.

Austin, Texas, has also gotten a new, renovated Apple Store — Apple Domain NORTHSIDE. Both original Austin Apple Stores have now been replaced by newer, updated stores. Meanwhile, nearby San Antonio still has its original stores, one of which (La Cantera) is 12 years old. I keep hoping Apple will build a new standalone store to replace it, but nothing so far. Oh, well...first world problem.

Fully strapped in and waiting for the fun to begin !

mdriftmeyer said:

regurgitatedcoprolite said:

The telcos’ absurd pricing for LTE capability, which is an approximate 50% tax on the watch over two years, keeps me from buying the LTE version. This reminds me of cell providers charging for texting when it costs them NOTHING. 

They're running out of ways to make money. It's the reason they are moving in the content producer angle of ownership.

Plus, there’s no real competition between the various dumb-pipes providers — they’re all charging the same for LTE service on AW, and with AT&T, it’s as much as LTE for iPad. They’re ripping off the consumer, plain and simple!

The telcos’ absurd pricing for LTE capability, which is an approximate 50% tax on the watch over two years, keeps me from buying the LTE version. This reminds me of cell providers charging for texting when it costs them NOTHING.